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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Language most spoken in the household (ZA2016A_LANGHOM)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 231
End: 232
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.1] Demographics </span></p>

<p>[3.7.1.9] Which language does the respondent speak most often in this household?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Afrikaans<br />[] 2 English<br />[] 3 Isindebele<br />[] 4 Isixhosa<br />[] 5 Isizulu<br />[] 6 Sepedi<br />[] 7 Sesotho<br />[] 8 Setswana<br />[] 9 Sign language<br />[] 10 Siswati<br />[] 11 Tshivenda<br />[] 12 Xitsonga<br />[] 13 Khoi, Nama and San languages<br />[] 14 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Afrikaans
02 English
03 Isindebele
04 Isixhosa
05 Isizulu
06 Sepedi
07 Sesotho
08 Setswana
09 Sign language
10 Siswati
11 Tshivenda
12 Xitsonga
13 Khoi, Nama and San languages
14 Other
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the language most spoken in the household.
Universe
South Africa 2016: Persons age 1+ [discrepancies: none]

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